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Destruction Of A Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb

Oklahoma rates for HCPCS 17263

A cancerous growth on the trunk, an arm or a leg is destroyed where it sits, using freezing, an electric current, a laser, a chemical agent or scraping, rather than being cut out and stitched closed. This version covers a mid-range size, bigger than the smallest growths treated this way and smaller than the largest. Destroying a precancerous spot is a separate service.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Destruction Of A Skin Cancer, Trunk Or Limb cost?

$214

Typical negotiated rate. In Oklahoma, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $214 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $191 from a physician practice, and about $776 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$191$148 to $245
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$776$263 to $1,148

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $776 · 10th to 90th $123 to $1,778Professionalmedian $191 · 10th to 90th $123 to $912
$100$200$500$1K$2K$5Kfacility $776professional $191

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$630.96
Median
$2,511.89
Typical High
$7,585.78
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$151.36
Typical High
$190.55
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$173.78
Median
$173.78
Typical High
$173.78
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$549.54
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,412.54
BCBS Oklahoma
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$120.23
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$251.19
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$50.12
Median
$75.86
Typical High
$125.89
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$190.55
Typical High
$213.80
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$257.04
Typical High
$1,174.90
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$912.01
Typical High
$1,445.44
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$89.13
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$1,380.38
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$162.18
Typical High
$234.42
6 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$60.26
Median
$61.66
Typical High
$95.50
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$23.99
Median
$24.55
Typical High
$38.90
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
54 · Surgery only
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$144.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
55 · Aftercare only
Typical Low
$18.20
Median
$18.20
Typical High
$28.84
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
56 · Pre-op care only
Typical Low
$12.02
Median
$12.30
Typical High
$19.05
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
78 · Unplanned return to OR
Typical Low
$85.11
Median
$85.11
Typical High
$134.90

Where Oklahoma sits

The same service costs 3.3 times more in Alaska than in Maryland. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Oklahoma· 16th of 51

$214

AK $490MD $148

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.